Agrestik WIP

Kevin_Walter

So it's been a few years since I've messed around with SKS or WB. I did have a couple of themes up on here and my DevianArt page several years ago (don't go looking, they're not there...), but I dropped out of contact on this site for a long time.

At any rate, none of that is important. Here's a small bit of something I've been working on for the last couple of days. Still a lot of work to do on it. The current plan is to also release an IconPackager theme and MAYBE an Objectdock. Though I know nothing about skinning the latter of those.

Though I've viewed pretty much everything made by Tom Richter, so maybe that's just an idea that stuck in the back of my brain. Diamonds are a bit of a running theme in this skin though.

I wasn't suggesting you having copied it...not at all, and I do agree that it's a pretty basic shape.

Actually, it could be the basis for some cool animations (the diamonds moving, or the skin's colors moving 'behind' the diamonds) if you were of a mind. Tom is a fave skinner of mine. He has a new family (birth of a child a few months ago) so his skinning has pretty much dropped off...understandable, though. I am a fan of his, as well.

Again, go for it! I like the theme' minimalism and the colors as well.

Though I've viewed pretty much everything made by Tom Richter, so maybe that's just an idea that stuck in the back of my brain. Diamonds are a bit of a running theme in this skin though.

I wasn't suggesting you having copied it...not at all, and I do agree that it's a pretty basic shape.

Actually, it could be the basis for some cool animations (the diamonds moving, or the skin's colors moving 'behind' the diamonds) if you were of a mind. Tom is a fave skinner of mine. He has a new family (birth of a child a few months ago) so his skinning has pretty much dropped off...understandable, though. I am a fan of his, as well.

Again, go for it! I like the theme' minimalism and the colors as well.

Also...welcome back! (remiss of me not saying that earlier).

No no... I was just thinking aloud, so to speak. It's one of those things that itches at you... "where did I think of this?"

But yes, I agree. Tom Richter made some pretty awesome skins back in the day. Hopefully he'll find time to whip out another one sometime.

Also, I know nothing about animating skins. I know it's possible, I've just never really played with it. Maybe some day. I don't think it's happening with this one though...

I would download that! It also looks like a a skin that wouldn't look like crap on windows 8 (which is hard to do as windows 8 will be the death of WB skinning if they can't find a way to skin ALL the elements in the UI)

I would download that! It also looks like a a skin that wouldn't look like crap on windows 8 (which is hard to do as windows 8 will be the death of WB skinning if they can't find a way to skin ALL the elements in the UI)

Thanks!

I have no idea how well this would hold up in Windows 8, as I don't have Windows 8 nor WB8.

I figured I would bump this, since I've finally gotten around to working on it some more. This screenshot doesn't show much that hasn't been seen already, with the exception of some new icons.

I'm not sure if I care for how the folders look, and I'm definitely going to change the Desktop icon. There are also a whole bunch of icons I still haven't done in the package, though I did get a lot of the Control Panel icons finished up today.

The Blind itself is pretty well finished. It's going to be released for Windows 7, and Lightstar mentioned back when I was first working on this that he would help make the few changes it would need to work with Windows 8, since I don't run that OS. If somebody else wants to help me test the blind, let me know.

I won't be releasing the blind until the entire Icon package is finished to go along with it though, and I just started working on it again a couple days ago, so it's going to be a while yet.

I've actually designed probably a couple dozen WindowBlinds in my day, though none of them were ever truly finished. I usually got to around 50% with them and then either hated my work, or got stuck with an issue I couldn't circumvent and just gave up on them, so they were never released. So hopefully this will be the first of many... and hopefully Windows 10 will be a little easier to skin than 8.

Lightstar knows Windowblinds in and out. I also have made many. Tom is your man for win 8 and 7 for that matter. Really not much difference to make it work on win8. If you want another set of eyes to check win 7 just PM me with your email address so I can send you mine. That way you can send me the WB to look over. But if you are going to send it to Tom to check win8 I'm sure he will be looking it over in 7 also.

Docks are quite straight forward once you start looking at them, trial and error works well working out what is the way to set up dock as you want it to look, image is one of my tab docks with a couple of notes on it as pointers to how it works, hope you find it useful.

Well, I'm almost finished with the icon package. Or at least, as much of it as I'm willing to spend time completing. I'm not all that great at making icons anyway. I have the folders, the main categories of the control panel, the drives, and desktop icons finished. All that's really left is to make icons for the most common file types you might encounter.

With the icons so close to completion, I decided to go ahead and upload the blind. Hopefully it is approved for the gallery sometime soon.

Here is another preview of the skin. Not much has changed, but this is basically what can be expected.

Once it's readily available, I would be interested in seeing some screenshots of it in action on Windows 8 and possibly Windows 10 machines.

CursorFX is a utility which allows you to have much more flexibility in the cursors
you use to interact with Windows. CursorFX users can create and use cursors that
look and feel far superior to anything you've ever seen before! Best of all, it's
really easy to create your own super-charged cursors!

DesktopX is a program that lets users build their own desktops. It does this by
giving users access to desktop objects. These objects can come in all sizes and
shapes. They can have scripts attached to them, they can be combined together to
form mini applications or turned into an entire desktop.

Publisher:

Stardock Corporation

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Stardock DeskScapes is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on
their Windows 8, Windows 7, XP or Vista desktop. It supports playing video as animated wallpaper,
dynamically generated content as animated wallpaper, and more.

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icons at once by applying "packages" of icons. A package of icons contains
icons to replace most of the common icons on your Windows PC.

Icons

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LogonStudio is a free program that allows users to change their Windows 7, Vista
and XP logon screens. It comes with several logon screens to choose from, along
with thousands that are available online.

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and running tasks into an attractive and fun animated Dock. By allowing users to
have more control over how they organize their desktop, users can take control of
their desktop icons and shortcuts to have them be available when where and how they
need them.

ObjectDock™ is a program that enables users to organize their shortcuts, programs
and running tasks into an attractive and fun animated Dock. By allowing users to
have more control over how they organize their desktop, users can take control of
their desktop icons and shortcuts to have them be available when where and how they
need them.

Show off your favorite desktop configuration by uploading a screenshot of your desktop!

SoundPackager brings customization of your auditory experience to Object Desktop!
Users can now choose from "sound packages" to enhance their Windows desktop
experience. Over 30 different system sounds are supported; unique new Stardock Design
sound packages are included with the package.

Microsoft Windows® 8 is shipped without the "Start" menu. Stardock heard the cries from Windows 8
users. We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop
feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality.

Microsoft Windows® 8 is shipped without the "Start" menu. Stardock heard the cries from Windows 8
users. We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop
feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality.

Theme Manager is a program that changes the look and feel of the entire Windows
environment. It works by talking to existing desktop enhancement programs and then
applying a MyColors or Suite file. In short, Theme Manager is a front-end to other
desktop enhancement programs to simplify the user experience.

WindowBlinds changes the look and feel of your Windows desktop by applying visual
styles to your entire Windows environment. When a visual style is applied, they
change nearly every elements of the Windows GUI such as title bars, push buttons,
the Start bar, menu and more.

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